Harrison collection
Abstract
This collection is exclusively made up of information about Talbot County, MD, researched, collected, and organized by Dr. Samuel A. Harrison. The majority of the collection is in manuscript form written by Dr. Harrison. News-clippings and letters to Dr. Harrison are also included. The first Section consists of the Annals of Talbot county. These are bound volumes broken down into 10 subject headings: Biographical, Political, Civil, Industrial, Religious, Social, Geographic, Military, Educational, and Misc. The information is presented in short entries in each of the volumes. The second section consists of manuscript articles written by Dr. Harrison, many of which appeared in the newspapers of Talbot County. These follow the same subject headings as the Annals of Talbot county but are greater in length and center on one particular person, time period, or event in the history of Talbot County. The remaining portion of the collection is made up of scrapbooks of news clippings, research notes of Samuel A. Harrison for the annals and history of Talbot County, correspondence generated during his research, and lectures delivered by Harrison on Botany and Zoology in Public Schools; Public, Military, and Normal Schools in the county 1866-1886; and education.
Dates
- 1790-1890
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Open to the public without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical Note
Dr. Samuel A. Harrison was born October 10, 1822, at Clay's Hope farm in Talbot County, Maryland located on the Tred-Avon River. Harrison graduated from Dickinson College in 1840, and went on to enter the University of Maryland Medical School. In 1844 he received his diploma and began practicing medicine in St. Michael's, Maryland. Due to poor health he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and engaged in the druggist business.
In 1854 he returned to Talbot County where he lived out his life, devoted to agricultural and literary pursuits.
He became President of the County School Board and the Superintendent of Public Schools in Talbot County, while engaged in the ongoing project of writing a critical history of Talbot County. Dr. Harrison died in 1890 at the age of 68, at his son-in-law's residence, Foxley Hall, in Easton, Maryland.
Note: The Contents of MS. 432.1 seem to indicate that Samuel Harrison lived in Baltimore, Maryland during, at least, a portion of the Civil War.
Extent
6.96 Linear Feet (9 full Hollinger boxes; 1 half Hollinger box; 3 record center boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Oswald Tilghman estate, circa 1932.
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up exclusively of information about Talbot County, Maryland, which was researched, collected and organized by Dr. Samuel A. Harrison. The large majority of the collection is in manuscript form written by Dr. Harrison; however, there are news clippings and letters.
The first section of the collection consists of the Annals of Talbot County. These are bound volumes divided into ten subject headings including Biographical, Political, Civil, Industrial, Religious, Social, Geographic, Military, Educational, and Miscellaneous. The information is presented in short, concise entries in each of the numbered volumes.
The second section consists of manuscript articles written by Dr. Harrison, many of which appeared in the newspapers of Talbot County, and some of which were given as lectures. These follow the same subject headings as the Annals of Talbot County, but are greater in length and center on one particular person, time period, or event in the history of Talbot County.
The remaining portion of the collection is made up of scrapbooks of news clippings, research notes of Samuel A. Harrison for the annals and history of Talbot County, correspondence generated during his research, and lectures delivered on Botany and Zoology in Public Schools, Public, Military and Normal Schools in the county, 1866-1886, and education.
Biographical Annals
The biographical annals consist of seven volumes of references to various families or individuals who resided in Talbot County. Each volume includes short biographical sketches, citings of births, deaths, and marriages, and events of importance which took place in Talbot County and which involved important people in the community.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Harrison collection
- Status
- Under Revision
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2019-08-01: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org